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        <footnote id="F1">Reporting person exercised 1650 vested options.</footnote>
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        <footnote id="F3">Reporting person exercised 5488 vested options.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Reporting person surrenderred 1031 shares of SOTK common stock as payment for the exercise of options.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Reporting person surrenderred 4468 shares of SOTK common stock as payment for the exercise of options.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Reporting person surrenderred 2505 shares of SOTK common stock as payment for the exercise of options.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Maria Kuha</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-10-16</signatureDate>
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</ownershipDocument>
